Retaining and sustaining device



y D. F. BEAUCHAMP 1,917,086

RETAINING AND SUSTAINING DEVICE Filed Sept. 9. 19 2 INVENTOR T- I woraffla eauckam a.

ATTORN EYS Patented July 4, 1933 s ,noRA F.-- iamiuonaivrr; or NEW YORK, n. Y.

RETAININGIJAND. soar Amine V DEVICE provisionof a deviceof dual character in that it maybe used in conjunction ,witha garment hanger to prevent the shoulder straps of the garment'suspended from the hanger from i slipping ofl'the hanger, and which may be attached in closets, on doors oron walls for I hanging a garment of a class having shoulder I straps, such as womens dcollet gowns, slips,

corselets, and also bathing suits and beach 15 pajamas and others.

Another object of theinvention is the pro vision of a simple, inexpensive and practical device of the character mentioned. v

' The nature of the invention and its distinguishing features and advantages will ap-' pear when the followingfspecification is read in connection with the accompanying draw: ing, in which Figure 1 1 Figure 2 is a view showing two of the devices in use in conjunction with a conventional 30 form of garment hanger;

.the line 3/ 3 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is-a view showing two of the devices. secured to a" wall so as toco 'operate with each other to hang a garment, a porlines; and v I H Figure 5 is a View looking in thefdirection indicatedby the arrows 5/5 appearing in Figure 4; g v 1 f Referring now more particularly to the drawing, itwill 'be apparent that the device includes two members 10 and llrespectively.

Each of these members may be made of any suitable material, such as a strip of textile material, a piece of tape, fibre or thin sheet metal. The member lO has means at each end for the purpose of securing the member in place. ..The said'means may be of any pracs a perspective view of a device v F constructed in accordance with the inven hanger 17, as shown in Figure 2. The two :devicesareattached. respectively to thearmsw of" the hanger 17 j Themember 10 of each Figure 3 is an'enlarged section taken on Q tion of which isindicated dot and dash tical form, and in the present instance consists of a metal clip 12which is clinchedin' engagement with the end of themember the said clip being" provided with prongs if 13; Themember 11 has laterally projecting f portions 14 on one end thereof; Thesepor tions let may be provided integral with the member 11, or maybe provided: by the use of a separate piece or strip of material secured to the member 1 1, as shown in thepresent in stance. The portions 14 constitute. means equivalent to the member 10. Each of the" he i portions 14 on'the outer extremity thereof 3 has securing means similar to that on the member 10. Coactive means'in the formof a separable fastener is employed to 'detachably or separably fasten the end of the mem-" be'r '11 remote from that having the portions 1'41 to'the member l0iapproximately centrally p i of the latter. In the present instance the said coactive means or sep'a'rablefastener consists of'snap fastener elements 15 and 16secured= respectively to'the' member 10 and said end ofthe memberll, l o

In accordancewith the invention, tWo of the devices having the features aforesaid may be used in conjunctionwith a garment.

device is wrapped'or made to embrace the arm of the hanger, and the. prongs 13 are lmp'aled' lnsaid arm. The portions 14: of

member 11 are similarly arranged on the arm of'the'hanger and the prongs 13 at the ends' When the garment havingshoulder'straps is hanger, aslshown most clearly in Figure 3.

arrangedon the hanger .17 each of these shoulderstraps, designated 18, will-be kept. I from slipping off the hanger by the member 11. By engaging the fastening elements 15 from the hanger 17. Inorder to'remoye the s garment from the hanger it is only necessary toseparate theelements15 and 16 after which the garment may be readily removed from the hanger. Thedeviceis also designedandl adapted tobe used forhanging a garmentas il ustrated in Figuret of the drawing. Use

is made of two devices Which may be attached to a Wall, door or suitable support Within a closet or locker by reason of the each having means on the opposite ends thereof for securing the strip members in spaced relation embracing the arm of a garment hanger, or for securing said strip members in spaced relation on a suitable substantially flat support, a third strip member of limp material, one end of said third strip member being secured to one of said tWo strip members, and coacting means on the remaining end of said third strip member and the other of said tWo strip members, to detachably secure said end thereto, whereby said third strip member may be engaged and disengaged for the purposes specified.

DORA F. BEAUCHAMP. 

